Coming Into a Black Woman’s Anger
On Audre Lorde and Minnesota Nice.
Racism, Rebellion, and Police Violence in the Midwest
Stories on the long history of racism and police violence in the Midwest—and what to do about it.
Somali Poetry Takes Minneapolis
In Minnesota, Somali youth poets are changing the game.
Crossing Over
From "Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology."
The Legend of Big Ole
How one monument came to be at the center of Minnesota’s imagined white past.
“Out of the Closets and Into the Streets”
Queer Midwestern communities were politically active in the pivotal years leading up to Stonewall.
Minneapolis by Segway
"There was always a sense of something missing, a story still jumbled and incomplete..." From "Under Purple Skies: The Minneapolis Anthology."
The Real Walleye Capital of the World
A writer goes in search of a community worthy of the title—and her own Midwestern identity.
Winona LaDuke’s Last Battle
The activist is leading the fight to transition away from a fossil fuel economy. Enbridge Line 3 stands in her way.
Unfertile Ground
On Toni Morrison, Black womanhood, and the Minnesota landscape.
The Death of the Midwest: Garrison Keillor’s Impending Retirement as a Wake for Midwestern Regionalism
When Keillor exits the Minnesota scene, will the last embers of Midwestern regionalism go out?